Bisection is the general activity of dividing something into two parts.
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bisect — BISÉCT, bisecţi, adj. (În sintagma) An bisect = an de 366 de zile; an bisextil. – Din fr. bissexte, lat. bissextus. Trimis de paula, 07.04.2009. Sursa: DEX 98 biséct adj. m., pl. bisécţi Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dic … Dicționar Român
Bisect — Bi*sect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bisected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bisecting}.] [L. bis twice + secare, sectum, to cut.] 1. To cut or divide into two parts. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) To divide into two equal parts. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bisect — index bifurcate, cross (intersect), dichotomize, divide (separate), split, subdivide Burton s Legal T … Law dictionary
bisect — (v.) to cut in two, 1640s, from Mod.L. bisectus, from L. bi two (see BI (Cf. bi )) + secare to cut (see SECTION (Cf. section)). Related: Bisected; bisecting … Etymology dictionary
bisect — [v] divide in two bifurcate, branch off, cleave, cross, cut across, cut in half, cut in two, dichotomize, dimidiate, divaricate, divide in two, fork, furcate, halve, hemisect, intersect, separate, split, split down the middle; concepts 98,137,176 … New thesaurus
bisect — ► VERB ▪ divide into two parts. DERIVATIVES bisection noun bisector noun. ORIGIN from Latin secare to cut … English terms dictionary
bisect — [bī sekt′, bī′sekt΄] vt. [< ModL bisectus, pp. of bisecare < L bi , BI 1 + secare, to cut: see SAW1] 1. to cut in two 2. Geom. to divide into two equal parts vi. to divide; fork bisection n. bisectional … English World dictionary
bisect — bisection, n. bisectional, adj. bisectionally, adv. v. /buy sekt , buy sekt/; n. /buy sekt/, v.t. 1. to cut or divide into two equal or nearly equal parts. 2. Geom. to cut or divide into two equal parts: to bisect an angle. 3. to intersect or… … Universalium
bisect — UK [ˌbaɪˈsekt] / US [ˈbaɪˌsekt] / US [baɪˈsekt] verb [transitive] Word forms bisect : present tense I/you/we/they bisect he/she/it bisects present participle bisecting past tense bisected past participle bisected maths to divide something into… … English dictionary
bisect — This word can mean only to cut or divide into two parts : This is where the road bisects the railroad tracks. Bisect and dissect should not be confused. One bisects a laboratory animal when he divides it into two equal or nearly equal parts; he… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
